wiff

Middle English

Etymology 1

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Noun

wiff (uncountable) (hapax)

A bundle of harvested plants, a bound sheaf?
A band for binding sheaves?

Descendants

Yola: wuf, wof (figurative)

References

“wif, n.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

wiff

Alternative form of wyf

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